Watergate is nothing compared to how PiS used Pegasus. This will end up in court. It is possible that Mr Wąsik and Mr Kamiński will receive a second sentence. We will certainly not deviate from the path we have chosen, Culture Minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz told Polsat News on Friday.
I felt like it was more of a ping-pong of emotions
– said Sienkiewicz, referring to Friday’s hearing by the Pegasus Commission, which is to investigate the legality, accuracy and targeting of activities undertaken using this software, including: by the government, secret services and police from November 2015 to November 2023. The Commission will also determine who was responsible for the purchase of Pegasus and similar devices for the Polish authorities.
People were tapped who had not been charged at all (…). Watergate is nothing compared to how PiS used Pegasus. We were dealing with the same thing for which Messrs. Wąsik and Kamiński had to go to prison
– said the head of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
He believed that questioning Kaczyński as a witness was appropriate because, as deputy prime minister, he was responsible for “security issues in the state.”
This will end up in court. It is possible that Mr Wąsik and Mr Kamiński will receive a second sentence
– added.
The head of the Ministry of Culture also referred to the issue of “frictions in the ruling coalition” reported in the media.
We are used to one party ruling for eight years. We have not become accustomed to normal, democratic politics, in which the government is a coalition. In a democratic country, friction is the norm. The question is not whether there are frictions, but whether they are so great that the coalition can fall apart. No such threat exists
– he pointed.
This is why citizens voted for the coalition to govern Poland on October 15, and we will not disappoint on this issue.
– added.
Referring to the issue of “100 details for a hundred days” – the coalition’s election manifesto ahead of the October 15, 2023 elections, Sienkiewicz said:
We know what we did and we will present it. It’s all at work. Anyone who thought that a tax-free amount could be introduced within a month was wrong. (…) We will certainly not deviate from the path we have chosen
– he assured.
The minister denied media reports suggesting he could swap the position of culture minister for a seat in the European Parliament.
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Source: wPolityce